10 Incredible Photos of Texas’ Historic Holiday Blizzard

Parts of northern Texas experienced a barrage of extreme weather over the holiday weekend. The same system that brought powerful tornadoes to the suburbs of Dallas also brought historic snowfall to many nearby towns to the west.

Nicknamed Winter Storm Goliath, the storm system brought record-breaking accumulation to many areas, with some neighborhoods gaining nearly 15 inches of snowfall. The storm’s powerful winds, which gusted up to 60 mph, pushed the snow into massive drifts that walled in homes and businesses. These massive piles of snow slowed down the cleanup process even further by making it difficult to even trek outside.

Here are a few of the most jaw-dropping photos taken by Texans who made it through this record-breaking blizzard.

The cause of this wild weather around the United States is thought to be the El Nino phenomena, which made it unseasonably warm in the Northeast, instead giving Texans all the snow they could ever want for the next five years.